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stab

noun as in piercing cut

noun as in attempt

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He hit her over the head with a hammer, then got a knife from the kitchen and stabbed her multiple times.

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The teenager, who was travelling alone, said she started running up the carriage as others ran past shouting that a man had a knife and was stabbing people.

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He was also convicted of a second count of wounding with intent for attacking his new brother-in-law, Hasan Khan, with a knife following the crash, stabbing him repeatedly in the head and chest.

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Police are reviewing whether a stabbing in September that left a man with serious facial injuries is connected to the recent attacks on a train near Huntingdon.

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They can last from a couple of minutes to days and the pain can be sharp, dull, throbbing or stabbing and sometimes spread beyond your head to your scalp, face or even your neck.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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